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    Use "peer" in a sentence

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    peer


    peered


    peering


    peers


    1. I peer round trying to see out of the window


    2. As he got closer, he had to be even more silent or they would hear him and peer intently in his direction again


    3. Images spring up in my memory: the face of the woman at the wayhouse mourning her grandchild … that sad mound beside the wasteg … too many have died already … the sigh that accompanies those thoughts is so heavy that Sefir turns her head to peer at me


    4. of a slowly moving car, we peer out,


    5. Standing between Betta and Gilla, I peer around the building, taking in the ornately robed High Guild members, including Wiesse looking splendid in his robes as Speaker


    6. I'd act like a kid and ask for things and giggle or try to peer into her soul through intense eye contact, with a look that said you are the reason I am like this


    7. Daniel leaned over Jake to peer below


    8. We don’t often get cars up here … I peer out of the window to see who it is


    9. They simply started smoking due to peer pressure and just can't quit


    10. as he was about to peer around the door frame to see what or who

    11. ‘Is it an Arlosh Reed Warbler?’ she asked, half rising to peer through the open window trying to see the bird in question


    12. Some of them peer into the ambulance with bald, video trained curiosity, while others try to get a glimpse of the bodies


    13. Ken tries to peer in through a ground floor window while Davie returns to the car to get further instructions


    14. There was a timetable on the wall by the door and he hobbled over to peer at it as he sipped his drink, trying to make some sort of sense out of all the place names which meant nothing to him


    15. The car draws level with Billy's Vauxhall and the driver and his passenger peer in through Billy's window


    16. I have had the honor of his acquaintance for only a fortnight and I may assure you, there is no young man who can stand as his peer


    17. worst of the tumult, and craned his neck to peer over the


    18. peer over the heads in front of them


    19. holding a phone to its ear peer around the corner –


    20. who could peer

    21. show in the movies – shabby-clothed ones, who peer crookedly


    22. He eases the door open to peer out


    23. Those of us who still were able climbed the masts to peer across the waves


    24. motions the boy to peer through and asks, “What do you


    25. In the play Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen observed this about inmates in a “madhouse”:


    26. Curiously, we peer into the pen


    27. On that cue everyone moved to the edge of the precipice to peer down into the darkness


    28. ‘Due to disruption of critical peer communications, it was necessary for me to disable the cause of the disruption


    29. ” said Jamil, again trying to peer out of the nearest window, “I don’t see it can hurt to hear what they saying


    30. ” She stepped back into the hallway to peer at him around the sleeve of the immortal guard

    31. Amaranthe paused at a window to peer both directions down the street


    32. Only Books had the sense to peer uncertainly at Amaranthe


    33. He stopped for a moment to peer closely at the concave surfaces


    34. She raised her head to peer over the table’s edge, and scanned the street


    35. “Who’s that?” I asked, turning to peer into the gloom


    36. ‘They knuckle under to peer pressure and, according to you, it’s their own fault, the trafficker had nothing to do with it


    37. She tried to peer around me to spot the bus with its forty-two passengers


    38. He seemed to regard the General as his peer, which was strictly speaking, not so


    39. Tenderly, so as not to tumble his seat, Edgar leaned slightly forward to peer through the window and study the approaching craft


    40. The Patriarch replied in a candid way, as if exchanging opinions with a peer:

    41. At each step Hilderich would peer left and right quickly but certain enough that not a glimmer of the keystone had caught his eye


    42. Twisting my neck all out of joint, I tried to peer back over my shoulder to get some kind of impression, but the campus was pretty sprawling


    43. She paused for a moment, looking at Ethan with a set of piercing blue eyes that seemed to be trying to peer beyond those last few words of his:


    44. Might it be that the depth John had to peer into his vision for the merest of an understanding was what caused him to couch his interpretation of temptation in the idol-worshiping sexuality more akin to his day and in prior times, a kind of parabolic reference to the sort of temptation that might be prevalent in a future that he was grossly ill-equipped to envision?


    45. That’s that whole: peer pressure punk ice bee otch, shee ott that a teenager can never truly avoid thing, unless your parents keep you locked up in your bedroom


    46. The Egyptians seemed to have had no peer during this time in their military history


    47. I peer at the crates—they hold apples


    48. ment have the right to peer into the privacy of oversees accounts, re-


    49. He looks at me like I’m a peer


    50. He speaks to me like I’m a peer













































    1. “That’s no fun,” he replied as he peered into the building


    2. Scar peered intently at the gibberish on the monitor, trying to make sense of the words and numbers appearing and disappearing in rapid procession


    3. They stopped at the edge and peered out


    4. Ackers turned away from the paper boy and peered into the house


    5. " Her large eyes peered over the wide brim of her coffee cup


    6. I peered in at the batter


    7. How do you get rid of those? She peered at the keyboard frantically reading the, to her, incomprehensible words


    8. ‘Hmmm …’ the Inspector peered at the notebook in his hand as if looking for inspiration there


    9. The diabolic driver of the Aston Martin pulled up alongside the Metro and peered through the passenger window at the wreck of a car parked on the hard shoulder


    10. We perched on purple plastic chairs and peered through the spaces in the flooring at the shags and ravens flying through the air below us

    11. I squeaked open the door a couple of inches, pushed aside a beaded curtain and peered inside


    12. Jake lowered his massive head and peered at the little package before him


    13. After a while, he straightened his back, coughed a special postman's cough, then when he was ready, looked up, peered over the rim of his glasses and winced


    14. I peered into the shadows and to my surprise, there was Alexis standing in his doorway, silhouetted by the soft glow of candles from his room


    15. Both he and Rayne leaned forward and peered out the carriage window


    16. Rayne stood on the landing and peered below, searching the mob for Lord Tarak


    17. I peered at deceitful shadows right and left, almost willing something there to break the solitude, then I'd stiffen when the slightest rustle of scree surprised me


    18. Duncan noted Rayne’s hand on Tarak’s arm as she peered over his shoulder


    19. peered inside the hallway


    20. Curiously, Tom peered through the gateways and entrances

    21. The three young men peered inside


    22. Gently pushing open the door, she peered in … Ozzie was sprawled on the bed, sound asleep


    23. She peered at the pictures, trying to commit them to mind so that she might recognise them outside


    24. Rising on tiptoe and leaning over as far as she could without catching her jacket on the branches, she peered down at the shore below her


    25. She peered at the photos, surprised to see that the features of the body were much as you’d find anywhere


    26. He peered out of the window through the stream of water running down the grimy glass and let his thoughts run free


    27. Was it stopping? He leapt to his feet, strode quickly over to the window and peered out


    28. Kassim straightened as he peered into the forests


    29. He splashed some fresh water over his face and peered into the mirror


    30. Bloodshot eyes peered back at him as he surveyed the wreckage, reflecting that he really needed a shave but, in the same thought, dismissing it as superfluous the way things were

    31. As Mrs Brown waffled on about their flock and the prizes they had won, Andy peered out of the window at the moor over which he had struggled so hopelessly only the day before – it looked so innocuous from inside the car


    32. Opening the fire door, she peered into the bowels of the boiler


    33. He peered through the spyhole before he opened the door


    34. Tom crept through the bushes and peered out


    35. He peered down at the rocks on the beach below them


    36. Carl peered through the candlelight at the janitor sensing his young friend


    37. ” He finished, and seemed drained from the effort, remorse filled his eyes when he at last peered again into Harry's


    38. He peered with one eye down


    39. to hold her head up and peered through the damp bangs that covered her eyes


    40. faces peered down at him through the moss-covered

    41. Betty Alpha was having doubts, as she peered this way and that


    42. Flitter wiped the water off granny's spoon and peered closely at it


    43. Not much has been said of Rosecare and Lemoss, though they stared into one another’s eyes and Lemoss could swear they were whirling in a forest glade where the deer and antelope peered out from the lower bowers of the trees


    44. Grimes carefully pulled up the window and peered out


    45. “ Of course not, you’ll be me, come on and have some soup you look frozen, and Nimblefax can come, did you bring the cart wheels with you? Rosecare slid down from the wall and peered inside the cart


    46. ” Lemoss peered over the shoulder of the animal


    47. He rubbed his eyes and peered into


    48. She stretched her chain as far as it would go, then peered through the doorframe


    49. cranny of the house, and even peered into the trash cans


    50. He opened the door and peered in – the place was empty














































    1. “I’m just curious,” said the little ant, peering out from below a piece of what was once a caterpillar


    2. Onidas sunk to his knees, peering over the gorge Vald had carved out with his blade and was now bleeding into


    3. We don’t know what to expect down there,” Johnny said as he held out his hand protectively while peering into the darkness of the descending stairs


    4. The Garda took the small laminated card and held it far away from his eyes, peering, as though at a mystery


    5. recognised you as soon as I saw you peering in at the front gate


    6. He grinned as he caught her peering at some of the dials


    7. At peace for the first time in days, she sat watching the land slowly passing by; ducks dabbled in and out of the reed beds bordering the river and here and there she spotted the long legged herons, poised like statues peering at the water intently as though hypnotising their prey


    8. Peering through the bushes,


    9. peering out of primary coloured plastic Wendy Houses,


    10. She was sitting on one of the big chairs peering thru the shutters at the storm outside when he returned

    11. Peering out of the door to see who it is making the noise on the cobbles, I witness Gilla erupting from the house and running along the path


    12. ’ He replied, swirling the remains of his wine in the glass and peering into its depths


    13. ’ He said, peering at the plumage intently


    14. It raised its head, and turned towards them and slowly stood upright, peering at them from beneath a hideous helmet


    15. Ashley, looking tearful, stands behind his mother, holding on to her leg and peering at me nervously


    16. He catches a glimpse of someone peering in through the bay window


    17. ’ He said suddenly stepping closer to the cliff top and peering over


    18. Tentatively she crept towards the cliff edge, peering through the new hole in the bushes and looking down cautiously


    19. “Are they gone?” she said peering uncertainly around the shelving


    20. He feels like a goldfish in a bowl, peering out at a world that he can’t understand, a world for which his own experience strangely provides no point of reference

    21. He squinted closer, peering at the curious


    22. A Ford Mondeo crawls past the open drive entrance, the driver peering through the passenger window at the names of houses painted on logs and cast iron plates


    23. He kept an eye on their progress as he examined the flooring, he could just see what he wished to see by crouching very low and peering back under the house


    24. Peering inside the cavern, Andrew saw that the Black Sun in the centre of the Cavern had been opened


    25. She walked to two amr chairs and settees behind spreading Areca palms and stared at a spot between them as if peering back into time itself at the silly young woman and the bashfully debonair young gentleman chatting about Shakespeare and Tigers


    26. repeated his call, before peering cautiously inside


    27. "Well, well!" said an old woman, peering out with a crafty look


    28. "We're too late," Emily said, peering through the trees, watching as a group of men and women trudged toward them


    29. The showman was peering over the box of china and shaking his head, muttering "I'll kill that Fred


    30. He directed his words to a youthful looking boy who was peering over the wall with a sickened look on his face

    31. Their hushed voices and much peering through Fizzicist's telescope as the ladling trucks climbed higher and higher


    32. " Alec muttered, peering out into the dark skyline


    33. both waited, peering into the fog as it swirled around


    34. Peering around the corner of a warehouse, Nerissa watched for a chance to slip aboard


    35. She scrambled back to the center of the room, peering every which way


    36. Mim leapt to sit at Denalin's back, peering over her shoulder at the Com, while Yula remained guarding the Captain's chair


    37. Her father, still peering out through the eating room window, sees this and raises his eyebrows, widens his eyes, and breathes out a hushed


    38. Martin was captivated by the scene below as he tried to get used to peering at objects as they came into view and then quickly passed


    39. Now in her office, Darenson was solemnly peering into his datatab frame, appearing to project his thoughts into the device


    40. ‘What is it?’ Lichman said, peering over at the little screen

    41. Peering around the side to see behind it he discovered a spring loaded switch that was currently held most of the way in by the pipe


    42. ‘Did anything come through?’ Torbin asked eventually, peering over at the jumbled text


    43. pouting cats peering out from behind wire mesh


    44. She took a step back, pressing her bottom against the illuminated side, peering upwards


    45. ’ And then a look of such utter contempt, peering down upon Jimmy


    46. Peering forward, he saw the play of lights across the face of the plaz, reflections from the


    47. A soldier was peering into the gatehouse and tried the locked door


    48. The miller's wee Cassie stood there, peering at him out of the darkness


    49. robin, when Patty, who had been peering out of her corner of Kitty's


    50. She pressed forward, peering











































    1. It takes a moment before Seamus peers over the upstairs balcony


    2. Dave peers at the distant mountains


    3. A bit shocked, Al Snafu peers with concern at John, trying to remember where they might have met


    4. Ricci peers in at John, glances at the moonshine in the backseat


    5. The prosecutor peers over at John


    6. encourage their male peers when they are preparing and participating in various services of the church


    7. Apollo immediately peers into the other room looking for the girl, but there is no sign of anyone


    8. Drens appears at my side, he peers over the side with us


    9. Ken found company difficult, preferring the routines of parenthood, work and horticulture to the efforts and strains inherent in the pursuit of conviviality and social exchange with his peers


    10. in front of so many of their peers and friends in the media

    11. your own peers that are thoroughly lost


    12. in the pursuit of conviviality and social exchange with his peers


    13. All, but those few, not only accepted the quirky little family but enjoyed their company and respected their accomplishments as peers in the common struggle with the elemental forces: time and nature, which dogged all of humanity alike


    14. Billy walks over to the doors and peers in through one of the windows


    15. It must be very early … she peers at her watch … yes, it’s not yet six


    16. He edges forward slowly and peers into the gloom


    17. send him off to the university, where he would encounter intellectual peers


    18. Many of my peers had failed a fundamental human task over our years at


    19. you’re well respected among your peers


    20. Each received a diploma and each were applauded boisterously by their peers and parents

    21. He had heard of strange situations befalling his friends and peers, such as when Monica met a greedy planet


    22. The twins answered easily to congratulations as either 'the talented gentlemen,' or as 'gifted actresses' whichever accolade might be offered by their peers


    23. That, ultimately, was the over-arching achievement of the theater: it made peers of people who might otherwise seldom speak on the street; it created a brotherhood


    24. most cheerful of souls otherwise, I surprised my peers and


    25. consisted of my peers, had increased to a bursting point and there


    26. As such, he faithfully complied with body, mind, and pocketbook to the best of his abilities with the premises and objectives of the material-world maxims, wanting to be a model citizen respected among his peers for his conformity and his open willingness to be “one of the gang


    27. As such, he had faithfully complied with body, mind, and pocketbook to the best of his abilities with the premises and objectives of the material-world maxims, wanting to be a model citizen respected among his peers for his conformity and his open willingness to be “one of the gang


    28. He hesitates but peers


    29. She’d always considered herself more mature than her peers


    30. Young people care more about what their peers think

    31. listen more to their peers than to Jesus and God


    32. For example, an intrinsic goal may be the recognition of your competence by your peers


    33. He slowly lowers the shield and peers out


    34. As the three of them walked, Sebastian felt strange passing between the bodies of his peers, their forms hanging in the air, their eyes closed as if they were dead


    35. Why did Jesus pause and not read the entire passage? Would the prophecy’s fulfilment be true if he included the part that was left out and told his peers that the prophecy was fulfilled on that day? This gives us a clue to something which is in the future


    36. the contributors were, the greater part of them, assessed according to the degree of their rank; as dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons, esquires, gentlemen, the eldest and youngest sons of peers, etc


    37. the entrances him and his peers had emerged from


    38. attracted friends in his peers and praise from adults


    39. Once, he had caused a man's (artificially represented) friends to turn against him: to reject his opinions, to eventually ostracise and abandon this person; a gradual process constructed to seem authentic whereby his strongly established notion of normality became divergent from his peers


    40. Jury Selection continues to reinforce the notion…raising disturbing questions…as they relate to trial by one‘s peers, ―impartially‖

    41. Therefore, I commanded My servant that he not celebrate this holiday1 with his peers, nor with his community, for he must remain separate


    42. My cause is not pleaded before the people, and the jury of your peers upholds every evil platform


    43. He’d been born in Roller Alley and would die in Roller Alley, as thousands of his peers had done for the past two hundred years


    44. Amonas shared his memories from a time that seemed remote now, when master Olom was a close visiting friend of his father’s; a time when Olom had not become shunned by most of his peers and practically forced to live as a recluse and a hermit, rather than an esteemed member of the Curatoria Prefecta


    45. But you can see your colleagues and peers climbing the ladder of


    46. the ladder of success much faster than their peers or subordinates?


    47. Each time I met John Moxon, he would tell me about Alumni peers who had committed suicide


    48. She pushes the bullet chamber open and peers inside


    49. What happened to our friends, our peers, our leaders, our factions? There is no way to know


    50. The judge said, “Now you have been listening to your peers, on both teams













































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    Synonyms for "peer"

    compeer equal match peer baron count duke lord rival companion

    "peer" definitions

    a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


    a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage


    look searchingly